Jeremiah 7:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אִֽם־אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַ֠זֶּה צִוִּ֨יתִי אוֹתָ֤ם לֵאמֹר֙ שִׁמְע֣וּ בְקוֹלִ֔י וְהָיִ֤יתִי לָכֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

But kî ʾim-ʾet-haddābār hazzeh ṣiwwîtî ʾôtām lēʾmōr šimʿû bəqôlî wəhāyîtî lākem lēʾlōhîm wəʾattem tihyû-lî ləʿām wahalaktem bəkol-hadderek ʾăšer ʾăṣawweh ʾetkem ləmaʿan yîṭab lākem.

Grammar Details

• *kî ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - but rather
• *ʾet-haddābār*: direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - this word/thing
• *hazzeh*: masculine singular demonstrative adjective - this
• *ṣiwwîtî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I commanded
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
• *šimʿû*: qal imperative masculine plural - listen/hear/obey
• *bəqôlî*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - to my voice
• *wəhāyîtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular with vav consecutive - and I will be
• *lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you
• *lēʾlōhîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - as God
• *wəʾattem*: conjunction + 2nd person masculine plural pronoun - and you
• *tihyû-lî*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - you will be to me
• *ləʿām*: preposition + masculine singular noun - as a people
• *wahalaktem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural with vav consecutive - and you shall walk
• *bəkol-hadderek*: preposition + noun + definite article + masculine singular noun - in all the way
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *ʾăṣawweh*: piel imperfect 1st person singular - I command
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
• *ləmaʿan*: preposition + conjunction - so that/in order that
• *yîṭab*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be good

Word Meanings

• *dābār*: word/thing/matter
• *ṣiwwîtî*: I commanded/I ordered/I instructed
• *šimʿû*: listen/hear/obey
• *qôl*: voice/sound/noise
• *derekh*: way/road/path/journey
• *ʾăṣawweh*: I command/I instruct/I order
• *yîṭab*: it will be good/it will go well/it will prosper

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:26 : 26 And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.
• Deut 5:33 : 33 Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage.
• Deut 6:3 : 3 So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Jer 42:6 : 6 If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.
• Jer 11:4 : 4 To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:
• Jer 11:7 : 7 For I gave certain witness to your fathers on the day when I took them up out of the land of Egypt, and even to this day, getting up early and witnessing and saying, Give ear to my voice.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
• Lev 26:3-9 : 3 If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them, 4 Then I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will give her increase and the trees of the field will give their fruit; 5 And the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely. 6 And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land. 7 And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords. 8 Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords. 9 And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you. 10 And old stores long kept will be your food, and you will take out the old because of the new; 11 And I will put my holy House among you, and my soul will not be turned away from you in disgust. 12 And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people.
• Deut 4:10 : 10 That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.
• Deut 5:16 : 16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
• Deut 5:29 : 29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
• Deut 11:27 : 27 The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:
• Deut 13:4 : 4 But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.
• Deut 30:2 : 2 And your hearts are turned again to the Lord your God, and you give ear to his word which I give you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul:
• Deut 30:8 : 8 And you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.
• Deut 30:20 : 20 In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Rom 16:26 : 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;